Hey guys! I am so super duper tired while writing this, so this is another chapter where I'm completely out of it, but I'm trying, you know? Please let me know what you think and send me anything you wanna see, or even just a line you like. I'm always searching for ideas. I'm soooooooo tired, and really busy this weekend, so my update schedule might be the tiniest bit sketchy for the next couple days. I think I very well could be sick right now.

-Aislin

"Happy, I swear to God. I am not trying to infringe your rights as a human being. I'm just telling you, as a doctor, that you can't run everyday anymore like you used to. Especially since you having a baby is risky," Toby pleaded.

"I run with the dogs everyday. I can't just stop. It isn't fair to the dogs," Happy whined. "Come one, doc. I'm in shape. I am fine."

"I'm not saying you're not in shape," He argued. "I'm saying that logistically speaking your joints get looser during a pregnancy, and that means you could get injured easily. In terms you'll listen to, injuries are not good."

"I'm not going to get injured," She dismissed. "I'm going."

"Happy, no," He tugged at her hand. He was sitting on the sofa, and she was standing facing him. "I'll come with you. We can walk."

"I don't want to walk. I want to run," She informed him bending over to put the leashes on the dogs.

"Happy," He tried to get her to listen him again. "I know you want to, and I know this sucks. Like it really really really sucks, but you can't overdo it anymore. You're going to hurt yourself. I know you don't care about that, but I do, and I couldn't stand it if you got hurt." He stood up, and placed his hands on her shoulders. He held her firmly.

"I just really like running in the morning," She looked down at the ground.

"I know, and maybe you'll really like walking with me," He suggested.

"Maybe I will," She smiled.

"Toby, I know you love Teagan, but you can't carry her just because she's being stubborn," Happy laughed as they walked.

"If my baby doesn't want to walk, she doesn't have to walk," Toby replied stubbornly.

"Ok for one thing, she needs this exercise, and, for another, she can't be the boss of you," Happy chastised.

"But she doesn't want to," Toby whined. "I couldn't do that to her."

"Ok, idiot, switch dogs," She ordered. "My dog is obedient, so I think you can handle him."

"But you're going to be mean to her," Toby complained.

She raised an eyebrow. "And, if you don't give me the dog, I'm going to be mean to you."

"You're always mean to me," He chuckled. "Here, you can have her. Just don't be too mean to her." They swapped dogs. Teagan immediately started to walk with Happy. "That just isn't fair."

"She knows who lays down the law around here," Happy announced.

"I feel like this is an unfair hierarchy," He commented. "I mean in what society does a dog find itself above people."

"This one where you let her do whatever she wants so she does whatever she wants," Happy smirked.

"I don't let her do whatever she wants," Toby countered.

"Toby," Happy rolled her eyes, "You legitimately cook her steak dinners when she doesn't want to eat her food."

"Well, she can't not," Toby started to defend himself.

"No," She interrupted. "Doc, you cooked the dog a steak dinner."

"But I," he tried.

"No excuses," She dismissed.

"Yes ma'am," He saluted sarcastically. "So, in your mind, am I above or below the dogs."

"You are all equals in my mind."

"I hate to bring this up again," Toby began after another half hour of walking. "What do you mean we're all equals? They're dogs. I am a person. They're pets. You're my wife. They are our property. You're having my child."

She burst out laughing. "I'm not finding this funny, Happy," He mumbled.

"You," She gasped. "Are completely insane." She had to sit down in the dirt because she was laughing so hard that it was physically painful. "Of course you aren't equal. I was joking."

"I think we really need to consider working on your humor again," He sighed.

"Oh come on," She continued to giggle. "I thought it was funny."

"Mm, but we don't normally use your sense of humor as the standard," He pointed out. He sat down beside where she was on the floor. He took Conan's dog leash and tied it to a tree near where they were sitting. He did the same to Teagan. He then crawled back over to where she was, and placed his arm around her shoulders and pulled her into him.

She closed her eyes and let herself relax into his arms. "Could we just stay here for a couple of minutes?" She asked.

"Are you tired?" She could feel him raise his eyebrow.

"Yes," She answered.

"And you didn't even go for a run. You willing to admit I was right about this?" He looked down at her hopefully.

"No," She shook her head stubbornly.

"You never are."

"So, you agree that you aren't going to go for your runs until after the baby?" He pushed her once again on the ride home.

"I mean I guess not," She agreed. "If it's not good for the baby, I shouldn't take that risk. I just think I'm gonna get bored."

"Hey, just remember that we're in this together," He promised.

"You sound like that cheesy musical you made me watch," She observed.

"Yes, but I'm conveying an important message about our partnership in this process. If you get bored, just come over to me. I always seem to entertain you, right? I mean you fell over laughing at me today."

"I guess so."

"I love you, you know."

"I know."